Hair wave apparatus



Jan. 2, 1940. WE ER ETAL 2,185,906

HAIR WAVE APPARATUS Filed Sept. 19, 1938 Patented Jan. 2, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Swed Application September 19, 1938, Serial No. 230,695

In Sweden 5 Claims.

ing drawing, which diagrammatically shows two embodiments of the object of the invention;

Fig. 1 is a side view and Fig. 2 is an end view of one embodiment.

In the drawing, l indicates a sharp cam of metal or of another hard material In the em bodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2 said cam I is provided on a wedge-shaped ridge 2, which by means of side pieces 3 is secured to a shaft 4. To both ends of the shaft two arms 5, 6 are articulated, which at their free ends are provided with bearings l for rollers 8, 9 situated parallel with the ridge 2. The bearings l are preferably provided with slots H! in which gud-v geons l on the rollers 8, 9 aredisplaceable. The

arms are either made of one piece and elastic,

or actuated by springs I I, so that they strive to press the rollers towards the side faces of the This motion may be limited by means ridge 2. of stops 12 provided on the end-faces of the ridge 2. The rollers are preferably porous, so that they may be soaked with a known wetting agent, and the rollers and/or the ridge may be provided with heating devices.

The coil of hair l3 to be waved is laid over the cam l, and the arms 5, 6 are swung down to the position shown in the drawing, whereafter the apparatus is moved by means of the shaft 4 substantially parallel with itself in the direction of the arrow. During this operation the rollers press the hair against the side faces of the ridge 2, and due to the friction when gliding over the cam l the hair will be pressed hard against the cam l, which produces the desired effect.

Having now described our invention, what we July 9, 1938,

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1

1. Hair waving apparatus comprising a supporting member having mutualy inclined sides and substantially parallel ends, a cam member 5 having a sharp edge over which a lock of hair may be drawn and against which the lock of hair may be pressed, said cam member being mounted on said supporting member, spindlesupporting pieces fastened to the ends 'of the supporting member, a spindle extending between and supported on said pieces, roller-carrying arms journalled on said spindle, and rollers mounted on said arms and yieldingly bearing against the sides of said supporting member.

2. Hair waving apparatus comprising a wedgeshaped supporting member having inclined sides and substantially parallel ends, a cam member having a sharp edge over which a lock of hair may be drawn and against which the lock of hair may be pressed, said cam member being mounted on said wedge-shaped supporting member, spindle-supporting pieces fastened to the ends of the wedge-shaped supporting member,

a spindle extending between and supported on said pieces, roller-carrying arms articulatedto said spindle, rollers mounted on said arms, and spring means yieldingly urging said rollers toward the sides of said wedge-shaped supporting member. v

3. The construction defined in claim 2, and abutments on said wedge-shaped supporting member for limiting the movement of said arms toward said sides. l

4. The construction defined in claim 2, said roller-carrying arms being provided with elon-' gated slots, and gudgeons on the endsof said rollers arranged in said slots, whereby said rollers are displaceably mounted in said arms.

5. The construction defined in claim 1,said 40 rollers being porous and capable of being soaked with wetting liquid.

ALBERT WERNER.- STIG CARLSSON. 

